King Keg Chubby 30ltr

[user 47933]

So in a nutshell does anyone know how you put dry hops in the king keg chubby fermenter (during fermentation) when it doesn’t have a lid dry hop port?
As in I thought the whole point of these fermenters were that it stops any oxygen getting in and stopping any off flavours???

 

[LeeH]

Fermzilla has this option. Maybe it’s an add on.

 

[Caramel Ox]

Looking at the pictures you would have to attach the bag of dry hops to the top with magnets before sealing it up.

 

[LeeH]

Wouldn't you then have ferrous metal in the wort?

 

[Graz]

At the point you dry hop the headspace on it will be full of CO2, this is heavier than air so will stay sitting on the wort. Just release the pressure, briefly remove the lid, put the hops in, put the lid back on and pressure it back up again from a CO2 cylinder, purge and pressurise a few times just to be sure.

Any oxygen introduced by this will process will be negligible.

 

[user 47933]

At the point you dry hop the headspace on it will be full of CO2, this is heavier than air so will stay sitting on the wort. Just release the pressure, briefly remove the lid, put the hops in, put the lid back on and pressure it back up again from a CO2 cylinder, purge and pressurise a few times just to be sure.

Any oxygen introduced by this will process will be negligibl

 

[user 47933]

Thank you

 

[RoomWithABrew]

Sous vide magnet is silicone covered, use old PC harddrive magnet on outside. Slide hops in when needed.
You can swish them around using magnet and also pull them out when done all whilst sealed.
Vacuum sealing a ferrous or rare earth magnet also works but less robust and plastic of the vac seal bag is permeable to gas.